Legal Opinion
Donald Dwayne Whatley v. State of Alabama.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided October 1, 2010No. CR-08-0696PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISE, Presiding Judge.
The appellant, Donald Dwayne Whatley, was convicted of capital murder for the killing of Pravinbhai Patel. The murder was made capital because he committed it *447during the course of a first-degree robbery, see § 13A-5-40(a)(2), Ala.Code 1975. By a vote of 10-2, the jury recommended that Whatley be sentenced to death. The trial court accepted the jury’s recommendation and sentenced him to death. What-ley did not file any postjudgment motions. This appeal followed.
Whatley raises numerous issues in his brief to this court. However, our initial review of the record reveals…
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